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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-ox
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Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *-yūs, accusative *-(y)osam, with secondary restoration of the -h- < -s- by analogy with the superlative and equative. The stress before -h- probably allowed the subsequent development to -x- before a vowel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oːx/
Adjective
*-ox
- Forms the comparative of an adjective.
Descendants
- Breton: -oc'h
- Middle Welsh: -ach
- Welsh: -ach
See also
- *-haβ̃
- *-hed
References
- Aaron Griffith, British Celtic intervocalic *s, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Wien,